The two articles I looked at were very different from each other. I used an article about singer Taylor Momsen from Rip It Up Magazine written by Sharyn Wakefield who presents the Night Show on The Edge radio station. The other article I used was from the Eastern Courier written by Marianne Kelly. While comparing these two articles I noticed a lot of differences that I had never really noticed before when reading articles.
The first difference I saw was the formality of both articles. News stories are a lot more formal in terms of the words they use and the information they write about than magazine articles. For example, in the magazine article, the writer used language that most people would deem inappropriate. I personally think the language fitted in well with the article because Taylor Momsen is seen as a bit of a rebel. In the news article the writer used more professional words and had a formal format.
The second difference I noticed was the length of the paragraphs. The magazine article had short paragraphs of about 7 or 8 lines all through the article. It looked very balanced. The news article had paragraphs of all sizes. There were paragraphs of two or three lines and some paragraphs of four or five lines. I think the magazine article looked better because of the balance of paragraphs.
Another difference is the target audience. The magazine article was mostly aimed at people in their late teens (due to the language used and there were also some sexual references) that have an interest in music whereas the news article was mostly aimed at adults that have an interest in their community. I say this because of the topics the articles were written on. The magazine one was about music and the news article was about a local woman in the Manukau area who was encouraging people to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ more often.
The sentences of both articles were different too. The magazine article had some sentences of only a few words whereas the news story had longer sentences throughout the article.
The type of information was different, in magazine articles the stories seem to be less important than those in the newspapers. Saying that, it may differ between your view of importance, for example, people might find music more important than community news. In magazines, the information is a lot broader, for example, the one I looked at talked about rumours about Taylor, how she is going on tour and the interview that she had with the writer. Whereas, the news article just stuck to talking about the woman encouraging politeness.
In magazines, the information is usually written for entertainment purposes whereas news stories are written to inform people of what is happening.
In terms of quotes, magazines seem to have more than news stories. Magazines have longer quotes than news stories. News stories have short, little quotes that back up what the writer is saying and in magazines, it sometimes brings up a new topic.
The structures of both articles are very different. The magazine article sticks to the inverted pyramid structure where you introduce the topic at the beginning, the important information is in the middle and the further down the article you go, the less important the information becomes. The news story follows the structure of information, quote, information, quote and so on.
All in all, the articles are very different from each other and I enjoyed looking at them because I never noticed them before I started looking.
Amanda Provan
The first difference I saw was the formality of both articles. News stories are a lot more formal in terms of the words they use and the information they write about than magazine articles. For example, in the magazine article, the writer used language that most people would deem inappropriate. I personally think the language fitted in well with the article because Taylor Momsen is seen as a bit of a rebel. In the news article the writer used more professional words and had a formal format.
The second difference I noticed was the length of the paragraphs. The magazine article had short paragraphs of about 7 or 8 lines all through the article. It looked very balanced. The news article had paragraphs of all sizes. There were paragraphs of two or three lines and some paragraphs of four or five lines. I think the magazine article looked better because of the balance of paragraphs.
Another difference is the target audience. The magazine article was mostly aimed at people in their late teens (due to the language used and there were also some sexual references) that have an interest in music whereas the news article was mostly aimed at adults that have an interest in their community. I say this because of the topics the articles were written on. The magazine one was about music and the news article was about a local woman in the Manukau area who was encouraging people to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ more often.
The sentences of both articles were different too. The magazine article had some sentences of only a few words whereas the news story had longer sentences throughout the article.
The type of information was different, in magazine articles the stories seem to be less important than those in the newspapers. Saying that, it may differ between your view of importance, for example, people might find music more important than community news. In magazines, the information is a lot broader, for example, the one I looked at talked about rumours about Taylor, how she is going on tour and the interview that she had with the writer. Whereas, the news article just stuck to talking about the woman encouraging politeness.
In magazines, the information is usually written for entertainment purposes whereas news stories are written to inform people of what is happening.
In terms of quotes, magazines seem to have more than news stories. Magazines have longer quotes than news stories. News stories have short, little quotes that back up what the writer is saying and in magazines, it sometimes brings up a new topic.
The structures of both articles are very different. The magazine article sticks to the inverted pyramid structure where you introduce the topic at the beginning, the important information is in the middle and the further down the article you go, the less important the information becomes. The news story follows the structure of information, quote, information, quote and so on.
All in all, the articles are very different from each other and I enjoyed looking at them because I never noticed them before I started looking.
Amanda Provan
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